The very deep solar minimum we are experiencing may be a correlation to the missing band.It may be interesting to compare the last 50 years of Jupiter banding to solar input (at Jupiter's distance) as well as the solar magnetic field out there (i.e. cosmic ray bombardment as a function of magnetic fields). Another lead may be the inputs of past Coronal Mass Ejections out to Jupiter's neighborhood). The current solar cycle is projected to last a slow-pokey 13+ years compared to the nominal 11 years. A new Dalton-like Minimum may be in the works...could Jupiter's atmosphere respond that quickly?

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